Pages

Sunday, October 14, 2007

The Craziest Hobby Ever (For a Diabetic)

There are people who's names fit them. Like the dentist named Moller. Or the teacher named Learner. It happens. Sometimes people and things just fit together. I am a little bit different than that. I have a lot of different hobbies. I love, love, love to scrapbook! I like to sew, and have been learning to knit. I also like to cook. I read everything I can get my hands on.

But I have this one hobby that should be a total no-no for a diabetic. I love to decorate cakes. Yeah, I know its crazy. Let's give the diabetic a cake mix and a 2 pound bag of powdered sugar and let her make a cake. It makes perfect sense, right? Or not. Sometime I wonder if inhaling all that powdered sugar, as I am making my frosting, is making my blood sugar go up. Is that even possible? I don't know.

But all you diabetics, know that I don't actually eat all the cakes I make. I usually take them to family, or friends, or to work (they love going in the break room and seeing a cake). Yesterday I made a cake and took it to my neighbors today. I didn't even taste it.

I just find it kind of ironic, that as a diabetic, I would pick a hobby that puts me in close contact with the very types of foods that we should stay away from. Or at least only have in moderation. Oh well, I never claimed that I was normal. It's just something else about me that is hard to explain.

Is there anything that you like to do that doesn't fit "the mold" of a diabetic?

5 comments:

The cake is soooo cute! My mother-in-law makes / decorates cakes (mostly for family - birthdays, weddings, etc.) They are always beautiful & she just loves making them.

It's nice you have a hobby you enjoy & are so good at - even if it doesn't really coincide with having diabetes. I wouldn't have your self-control. I would have to sample them. Good thing I don't make the cakes in the family, huh? I better leave that to my mother-in-law.